Natural Disasters Strikes: I stockpiled like crazy! novel Chapter 136

The trouble in the public hospital came to a halt when troop trucks carrying

Soldiers wearing mask over their scarves and sterile gloves over their mittens came carrying extra cot beds to the hospital and assisted the overwhelmed nurses on treating the patients.

With the soldiers present, the peace was temporarily restored.

But it wouldn’t be for long as the number of fever patients continued to rise.

….

A minute after that twisting feeling settled in her stomach, Nanzhi stumbled, her knees bending instinctively as a faint tremor rippled beneath her feet.

It was so subtle that the others, including Baoyin seemed oblivious, their focus fixed on the snowy road.

She straightened, her heart racing.

An earthquake? She thought, gripping Baoyin’s sleeves tighter.

"What’s wrong?" Yu Baoyin asked, her voice muffled under her scarf.

"Let’s hurry up," Nanzhi muttered, glancing at the ground uneasily.

The tremor was gone as quickly as it came, but the sense of unease lingered in her chest.

Before she could say more, the sky darkened suddenly, a heavy gray swallowing the faint light.

The snowfall, already harsh, transformed into something far more sinister.

Nanzhi felt the fabric of the umbrella bounced. Something solid hit it.

That thing rolled and fell onto the snow.

Nanzhi’s eyes narrowed at the hailstone.

With a sharp crack, more hails began to fall, sharp and hard, like small stones raining down the sky. The hails hit the umbrella, the fabric shaking violently under the attack.

"Hailstones! It’s hails!" Yu Baoyin was shocked.

The two of them quickly run to the nearest building which was a hundred meters away.

The only current structure around them is walls, there is not even a parked vehicle or a small waiting shed around.

In the midst, a hailstone nearly truck Nanzhi’s hand. She avoided it on time but Yu Baoyin unfortunately couldn’t avoid the hailstone hitting her shoulder.

She winced.

"Are you alright?"

"Yes! It’s nothing Sister Nan!"

Nanzhi pulled her close and gave her the umbrella before opening another one for her.

Around them, people panicked, running for cover. Some used coats and bags to protect their heads, while others just held their arms up.

The hail grew heavier, falling faster and harder. The stones hit the snow grounds with sharp cracks, bouncing wildly and breaking apart upon impact.

Nanzhi could see some unlucky people getting hit, stumbling and crying in pain. A man fell nearby, blood trickling from his head as others dragging him away.

Another fist sized hail was about to hit him, Nanzhi’s eyes flashed and the hailstone considerably slowed down before it him.

The man was surprised but didn’t questioned his luck.

[Mental Power: 159]

As Nanzhi escaped with Baoyin, she used her mental power to help the people around .

She dared not completely stopped the hails but only slowed down their speed or divert its direction, less it draws attention.

She timed each move to appear as though the winds from the hailstorm itself had caused the strange shifts in the hails.

To the untrained eye, it was nothing more than a series of lucky coincidences.

But Nanzhi couldn’t still go against nature. She could only control 9 to 10 hails at the most. at the same time.

[Mental Power: 128]

The umbrellas ripped apart under the weight of the hails. The two tossed them aside, and used their coats and arms to shield their heads.

The hails stung every time like sharp slaps against their skin, even through their thick coats.